Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington‚ D. C. 20549 FORM 10-K (Mark One) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended February 2‚ 2013 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission file number 1-12107 ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Ella Fitzgerald: The First Lady of Song and Queen of Jazz By Madison Sadler How many of you like listening to jazz? Maybe you like a certain instrument being played or just the soothing sounds of it in general. Well‚ if you like jazz you have probably heard of Ella Fitzgerald. Nick-named “The First Lady of Song‚” Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime‚ she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. Ella
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whole. In F Scott Fitzgerald’s important‚ tragic American novel‚ “The Great Gatsby” the conflict and confrontation between Tom Buchannan and Jay Gatsby is central to the novel’s power in the way in which is exposes the falseness of the American Dream. Fitzgerald uses the confrontation and contrast between these two characters to explore this theme and does so through his effective use of characterisation‚ symbolism and key moments of tension. Firstly‚ we can see the way in which Fitzgerald uses the
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Dred Scott was an enslaved African American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case of 1857‚ popularly known as the "Dred Scott Decision." The case was based on the fact that although he and his wife Harriet Scott were slaves‚ they had lived with his slave owner‚ Dr. John Emerson‚ in states and territories where slavery was illegal according to both state laws and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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Amanda Wittry Mrs. Johansen English 11 17 February 2013 Alcoholism in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s‚ The Great Gatsby The author‚ Samuel Johnson once said that “Wine gives a man nothing… it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost”. Francis Scott Fitzgerald lived during the Jazz Age‚ a time of frivolous and carefree living. He and his wife Zelda became engrossed in this lifestyle‚ they spent their time drinking and partying. They appeared to have a perfect life‚ but in reality they struggled
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark paved the way of the west for the present day American citizens. They traveled over 8‚000 miles across the country by sailing‚ walking‚ canoeing and riding horses. Lewis was in charge of documenting all of the new plants and animals they came across. Clark took the responsibility for composing the maps of the rivers and the land in the west. Together‚ and with the help of their fellow members of the Corp of Discovery‚ they made one of the most memorized expeditions
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Sir Edward William Elgar was born on June 2‚ 1857 in Lower Broadheath‚ located outside of Worcester‚ England. One of his close friends W. H. "Billy" Reed wrote that Elgar’s childhood and early adult life "permeated all his work and gave to his whole life that subtle but none the less true and sturdy English quality". He began writing music early on in his life; for example‚ at age ten‚ he wrote a play that was later performed by the Elgar children. His father‚ William Henry Elgar‚ was a skilled
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How does Fitzgerald tell the story at the end of chapter 7? The author begins the segment by taking the voice of a witness of Myrtle’s death‚ the "young greek‚ Michaelis" in order to reveal details to the reader that would have otherwise remained shrouded in mystery as the usual first person narrator‚ Nick‚ was not present at the scene. The structure of the section is not unlike the structure of a witness statement‚ with the emphasis on specific dialogues and time suggesting that the chronology
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questions cannot be answered. In William Blake’s "The Tyger" and "The Lamb‚" nature is discussed in two opposing forms‚ where the question of who created the creatures is asked. In John Keats’ "Ode to a Nightingale‚" different questions are asked‚ but in the same nature as those in Blake’s poems. The three poems are all similar in discussing nature; however there are differences in the negative capability of them. In both "The Lamb" and "The Tyger‚" by William Blake‚ an animal is represented
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John F. Kennedy: The Death for Peace While John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s early life and education prepared him to be president‚ historians speculate which of his actions‚ if any‚ lead to his assassination. Being the youngest president ever elected to office‚ Kennedy especially got the attention of younger voters to whom he could relate. Kennedy did not just get the attention of younger citizens‚ but he caught the eye of older citizens of the United States. This was true after he was elected and started
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